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<p>Plan your perfect winter getaway with The Independent’s travel team</p>

Simon Calder answers your winter holiday questions in live event

<p>Engine issue: British Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner at London Heathrow</p>

Cost of flights to soar to record high next year, experts warn

<p>A ‘passenger service and security fee’ will help pay for the revamp </p>

Revamped terminals mean higher fees are on their way in Singapore

<p>The new Yunxing aircraft could be capable of speeds of 3,100mph </p>

How a Chinese hypersonic plane could fly to New York in two hours

<p>Some were happy to pay to sit in an adult-only part of the plane </p>

Independent readers divided over plans for child-free zones on flights

<p>Inmarsat’s ground-breaking air traffic management system, Iris, calculates shortest available routes to save fuel</p>

Can flying ever be sustainable? New developments in aviation explored

<p>Ryanair has forecast a further jump in fares</p>

Ryanair flies high with record profits – and a big hike in fares

<p>Dr Gianluca Grimalda pictured on his 9,300-mile overland journey to Papua New Guinea. The senior climate researcher at the Kiel Institute in Germany, lost his job this week over his refusal to fly</p>

Climate researcher fired after refusing to fly over carbon footprint

<p>Dr Gianluca Grimalda pictured on his 9,300-mile overland journey to Papua New Guinea. The senior climate researcher at the Kiel Institute in Germany, faces losing his job over his refusal to fly</p>

A climate researcher’s refusal to fly could cost him his job

<p>Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt flew from Heathrow to Manchester (Jordan Pettitt/PA)</p>

Flying to Manchester for Tory conference? That’s just plane silly....

<p>Not just the rich and famous: DiamondAir’s client base ranges from some of the most recognised people in the world, to regular families trying to make life easier </p>

Travelling like a VIP isn’t just for the famous and ultra-wealthy

<p>Lucy Chang and Iain Hawthorn pictured ‘during happier times’ on a visit to Symi, near Rhodes</p>

Pregnant woman on anniversary holiday among thousands now stuck abroad

<p>Air travel was cast into disarray on Monday</p>

Holidaymakers in travel hell as traffic control fault grounds flights

Canada suffers same air system outage as US, delaying more flights

<p>Fox News blames Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for failure of Southwest’s systems in a chyron</p>

Fox News ridiculed for blaming Buttigieg for Southwest flight fiasco

<p>Mountains of bags are seen at Chicago Midway International Airport after flight cancellations</p>

What happens to lost luggage?

<p>Passengers waiting at JFK Airport, New York</p>

How passengers bumped from flight doubled their compensation

<p>Children over the age of five can travel alone on some airlines</p>

Can children travel unaccompanied on flights?

<p>A kindly airline staffer saved the day with some good advice</p>

Woman dumps boyfriend after his mother refuses to fly her first class

<p>The nifty trick with the airline paper bag</p>

Professional golfer shares ingenious use for plane sick bag

<p>As the pandemic comes to an end, one expert says, airfares are likely to go sky-high </p>

No masks, higher fares: How air travel will change after the pandemic

Flights’ global warming footprint twice as large as carbon footprint

<p>Air journeys have been drastically reduced by the Covid-19 pandemic</p>

Britons made 95% fewer trips by plane from April to June

<p>Passengers arriving in the country will be expected to present a negative coronavirus test</p>

US to open travel for all ‘fully vaccinated’ tourists on 8 November

<p>Asked when vaccinated UK travellers will be able to fly freely to the US, the senior UK government source told The Independent: ‘Your guess is as good as mine’ </p>

Frustration at US failure to reveal when it will open to UK travellers

Passengers at Heathrow Airport, London, in March 2020

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